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Tephrosia ‘Sixisseniial repentina, Drummond et Craib. | Legu- 
minosae-Galegeae]; e grege 7’. tinctoriae, Pers. (sensu stricto), ab 
illa necnon a JT. coccinea, Wall. , propter formam et indumentum 
foholorum, a 7. Heyneana, Wall, propter multo majores flores et 
legumina facile distinguenda ; a J. senticosa, Pers. (vera), cui 
omnium maxime affinis, foliolis majoribus oblongo-lanceolatis vel 
oblongo-obovatis nec oblongo-cuneatis apice obtusis vel acutis 
nunquam retusis supra obscure nec conspicue striatis, legumine 
fere duplo longiore valde pubescente aliisque notis bene dignoscitur. 
Suffruticulus 30-70 cm. altus, caule circiter 2 mm. diametro 
obscurius angulato irregulariter sulcato pilis subargenteis mox 
fulvescentibus subadpressis munito. Folia imparipinnata, foliolo 
terminali lateralibus aliquantulo majore, rhachi adpresse piloso basi 
inconspicue pulvinato 3°5-7'5 cm. longo; foliola utrinque 3-5, 
oblongo-lanceolata vel oblongo-obovata, apice obtusa vel acuta, 
cuiusque jugi superne eradatim me as infima, 4°5 cm, longa, 7 mm. 
lata, suprema ad 4°5 em. longa et vix 2 cm. lata, supra cinereo- 
olivacea, ad venas_ nebulose A ctneo minute reticulata, 
glabra nisi nervis lateralibus villos paucos longos candidos 
sparsissime praebentibus, subtus pilis subargenteis leniter adpressis 
ensius vestita, ad costam prominentem pilis longioribus sub- 
patentibus ad marginem subaureis prorsus directis ornata, nervis 
i ; 
petiolulis pilis ascendentibus pallide aureis hirsutis suffulta. 
Flores 1-4, terminales vel axillares ; bracteae sericeo-canescentes ; 
bracteolae obscuriores, caducae; pedicelli (maturante eas 
vix 4 mm. longi. Calycis tubus subpoculiformis, circiter 3 m 
diametro, extra pilis sericeo-canescentibus laxe adpressis vestitus, 
intra glaber, lobi angustissime deltoidei, anterior circa 4 n 
longus, ceteri circa 2 mm. longi et 1 mm, lati, extra pilis aa 
subaureis obsiti. Vexillum brunneum (ex Kerr) circiter 19 mm, 
longum, medio argute sulcato-lineatum, margine integro, dorso pilis 
longis. aureo-fulvis quasi velutinis denen vestitum; alae. albae 
(ex Kerr), carina manifeste breviores, dimidiate oblongo-cuneatae, 
obscure falcatae, supra unguem ibbosae ; ; carina alba (ex Kerr), 
circiter 18 mm, longa, obtuse rostrata, inferiore margine oblique 
rotundato, supra mediam. longitudinem 6°5 mm, lata. Stylus vix 
geniculatus, alte arcuatus, pilis ascendentibus subaureis aeque 
muni itus, . Legumen (vix maturum) 9 cm, longum, vix 6 mm, latum, 
inconspicue falcatum, sub apicem margine anteriore in rostrum vix 
3 mm, longum curyatim abeunte, pilis mollibus longis subadpressis 
satis sordide fulvescentibus dense vestitum 
s SPC iy awng Kaw, on clearing in evergreen jungle, 30 m., 
err, 
The pis received are all of one year’s growth, but with 
regard to the conditions of its occurrence it would ‘hardly be 
justifiable to regard bee species as sae monocarpic, : 
Desmodium cephalotoides, Crab [Leguminosae - Hedysareae] ; 
Dz a Wall. facie similis. sed floribus magnis facile dis- 
tin 
Saf ufiruticales circiter 6 dm. altus (ex Kerr); caules trigoni, 
faciebus sericei, angulis barbati. Folia trifoliolata, petiolo 1°5- 
2°5 cm. longo. trigono indumento ut caulibus suffulta ; stipulae 
